Classical Inheritance And Modern Writing Of Historical Novels In Mao Dun’s Literary

Contemporary history novels are constantly improved and developed on the basis of classical novels.The tradition of "historical biography" in classical literature,narrative of "Legend" provides national nourishment for it,and foreign literary thoughts provide theoretical support for its transformation.The development of contemporary history novels has gone through more than sixty years.From the constraints of class analysis theory in the 1960 s and 1970 s,to the poetic writing in the new period,the exploration of human nature,historical traceability and cultural reflection in the new century,different stages of development Historical novels show different aesthetic characteristics.The development of contemporary history novels has always been associated with political entanglement and the cultural tradition of worrying about the country and people,so that most writers have never stopped devoting themselves to the creation of historical novels in order to express their reflections on reality,which has contributed to the prosperity of contemporary historical novels.In the study of historical novels,the interference of political factors in the writing of historical novels can not be ignored.Under the common influence of the times,historical novels can not develop independently of the times and are marked by the imprint of the times.The historical truth and the true art of historical novels are the focus of continuous discussion between the author and the researcher.How to treat the history’s "truth" and "fictionality" today remains a topic worthy of our consideration.Based on the theory of polyphony,this thesis studies the influence of the tradition of "historical biography" and "legend" on the narration of contemporary history novels in classical literature.At the same time,it also focuses on the special changes of contemporary historical novels,that is,the writer’s marginalization of historical novels caused by the survival of writers,as well as the debates over historical truths and the truth of art in historical novels,Novel as the basis of text,sort out the aesthetic changes of contemporary history novels since the sixties of the new century.